Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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More Than Fun and Game: Lisa Eaton, Amy Harper, and Leigh Bell take time out to spend time with the children from the Children ' s Hospital. When the name Fraternity or Sorori- ty is mentioned, generally the first thoughts that come to mind are visions of parties and other social activities. However, the Sororities and Sigma Chi ' s at Mississippi State University, although social in nature, band together each year in one of the largest Greek sponsored charity events in the world — Derby Day. Contrary to what the name suggests, Derby Day is much more than a single day ' s work for the participants. Behind the scenes are a semester of planning and one month of actual fund-raising. Derby Day itself is a day of competitive games between the sororities and a time to recognize the tremendous effort that each group exerts for one overall charity and their own philanthropies. The sororities selected the Children ' s Cancer Fund as the overall charity which received $39,400 of the total $57,000 dollars raised by eight par- ticipating sororities and social clubs. The participating groups were Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gam - ma, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gam- ma, Phi Mu, Zeta Tau Alpha, and th Reveler Troubadour of the Mississipp University for Women. Of the tote raised, $4,500 was raised by Sigma Chi. All of these ladies did an outstandin job, both in terms of fundraising art ' during the day of games. The overall winner of Derby Da was the Delta Gamma Sorority, follov ed closely by the sororities of Delt Delta Delta, and Kappa Delu However, all the women and men thd participated were winners since the part in Derby Day has helped youn children afflicted with cancer in the fight for life. Again, according to the Sigma Chi there are some special people that be, repeated mentioning whenever orj thinks about Derby Day. They are trj ladies of the sororities of Mississip State and the Social Clubs of M.U.V They deserve the majority of the crec for any sort of a successful Derby Di for, without them, the months organization and work would 1 worthless. D. McCormai

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OO T Sorority Houses — To Be Or Not oy uT Sorority Row — is it possible? Students have always enjoyed Frat Row. Carload after carload of girls cruise the circle as the guys enjoy the attention while playing football in the spacious areas surrounding the houses. Is MSU ready for the same situation in reverse? Land for the sorority houses has been appropriated directly across from the Sigma Chi house off the Highway 12 entrance to the campus. Roads are ex- pected to be put in some time next year. The future of sorority row lies in the hands of the sororities themselves. Each sorority must raise the money through the various alumni chapters and at the local level. With high con- struction costs and high interest rates, the cost becomes a large problem. Many girls favor the idea of an ir dividual building to house their sistei rather than having a floor in Rice ( Hathorn Hall, as is the present statu The general consensus, however, is or of want but waver. While the id( sounds very appealing, numeroi problems could cause interferenc Socio-economics becomes a major facti — the cost of living in a house wou be high; therefore, the number of gii able to join a sorority would decline, bond seems to unite the 12 indepe: dent groups at MSU. The sorori spokespeople feel that they are n ready to play the game of the have versus the have-not ' s. K. Robins( Aaron Harris - Some people believe that the house will be a large influence during rush but I believe that is just part of sorority competition. ►Kelly Clemens - If the sororities had houses, more pro- grams and social functions would provide a basic improvement of the many services that sororities provide.